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New York City Public Advocate Letitia James’s office has issued their Worst Landlord and Worst Buildings list that are ranked by total number of open violations on the list.

Two of the top ten worst buildings in The Bronx are owned by two owners who also made it to the top ten worst landlords in New York City.

1892 Morris Avenue in the Mount Hope section of the borough ranked as the worst building with a whopping 485 violations owned by Rawle Isaacs who is the 2nd worst landlord in New York City according to this list.

Over in Parkchester, 2001 Newbold Avenue, a 105 unit building with 294 HPD violations ranked as #6 in The Bronx’s worst buildings and its owner, Thomas Steiner, ranked as the 3rd worst landlord in New York City.

The ten worst buildings in The Bronx are as follows:

Rank

Address

Neighborhood

Community Board

# of Violations

Building Owner

1

1892 Morris Ave

Mount Hope

CB5

485

Rawle Isaacs

2

1807 Phelan Place

Morris Heights

CB5

342

Gil Broitman

3

1541 Westchester Ave

Soundview

CB9

341

Yon Kim

4

3550 Holland Ave

Williamsbridge

CB12

315

Arnold Anderson

5

2356 Lorillard Place

Belmont

CB6

313

Stephen Tobia

6

2001 Newbold Ave

Parkchester

CB9

294

Thomas Steiner

7

919 Prospect Ave

Longwood

CB3

293

Seth Miller

8

645 E 228th St

Wakefield

CB12

272

Benjamin Adegbite

9

1140 Anderson Ave

Highbridge

CB4

242

Al Lazar

10

1208 Clay Avenue

Morrisania

CB4

242

Leo Hernandez

These slumlords need to be held accountable. Our residents deserve better living conditions regardless of their economic status. Clean housing is a basic human right.